WW2 in the Pacific

Unit 4

Lesson 8

(Section 25.4)

Objectives

Review key victories in Europe leading to VE Day.

Evaluate US strategy for victory in the Pacific and identify key turning points.

Analyze Truman’s decision to drop the Atomic Bomb.

Warm Up

Explain how the Allies closed in on Hitler.

Holding Off The Enemy- BataanJan-Apr 1942

70K American POW’s forced on “Death Marches”

Holding Off The Enemy- Coral SeaMay 1942

USS Lexington Flight Deck- Carriers save Australia from invasion.

Holding Off The Enemy- MidwayJune 1942

Adm Chester Nimitz surprises Japanese navy, “avenge” P.H.

Island HoppingMacArthur’s strategy to leapfrog thru islands- skip strongholds, isolate/cut off others- to close in on

mainland. Begins Aug 1942.

Defeating The Enemy- GuadalcanalAug 1942

Defeating The Enemy-Leyte GulfOct 1944

MacArthur retakes the Philippines; JPN intro kamikaze tactics

Defeating The Enemy- Iwo JimaFeb-Mar 1945

Costly Battle:

6K US dead

20K JPN dead

Defeating The Enemy- OkinawaApr-June 1945

Think-Pair-Share

What would happen if we were to invade the main island of Japan?

Simulation Day 3

Day 3 Warm up

What were the battles of the Pacific?

Map Activity- Japanese Aggression

To Drop or Not to Drop…Options:

Blockade/Air Raids, Invade Mainland, Demo, Wait for RUS, Negotiate Peace, Keep Emperor

August 6, 1945

Enola GayLittle BoyHiroshima

Hiroshima

August 9, 1945

Fat ManNagasaki

Nagasaki

Atomic Bomb Video

VJ Day

America Celebrates End of War

Simulation Day 4

Closure

How did the events play out in the simulation?